Poetry Jeopardy

Limerick

100

The rhyme scheme for limericks

What is AABBA?

200

Limericks are known for being 

What is humorous or nonsensical?

300

The origin of limericks may stem back to the song "Will You Come Up to Limerick?" sung by this group of people in the 1700s

Who are Irish soldiers?

400

Popularized by this author

Who is Edward Lear?

500

Famous book of limericks published in 1846

What is A Book of Nonsense?

Haiku

100

Number of lines in a haiku

What is 3?

200

The syllable count for each line of a haiku

What is 5-7-5?

300

Haiku often points out subtle aspects of this

What is nature?

400

The greatest haiku master of all time

Who is Matsuo Basho?

500

The seasonal reference in a haiku

What is a kigo?

Miscellaneous

100

There once was a very old cat

Who dreamed of catching a rat
He hunted and hunted
For that vermin he wanted
Until one day that pest went SPLAT!

What is a limerick?

200

Damp leaves all around

Falling in puddles of mud
Rain comes pouring down

What is a haiku?

300

This type of poetry calls for its readers to fill in blanks in order to read the poem

What is cloze poetry?

400

The famous theater that was home to Shakespeare's plays

What is The Globe?

500

"Two households, both alike in dignity," is the beginning of the prologue from this Shakespeare play

What is Romeo and Juliet?